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, 1887-10-11

Persons who dislike snakes continually
ask: What is the use of them?'' That
they are not without use will, I hope, ap-
pear in the course of this work, were iU
necessary to preach that all things have
their use. But in one habit that offended
Lord Bacon, namely, of going on their
belly" lies one Of their greatest uses, be.
cause that, together with their Internal
formation and external covering, enables
them to penetrate where no larger car
nivorous animal could venture, into dark
and noisome morasses, bog jungles,
swamps, amid the vegetation of the
tropics, where swarms of the lesser rep
tiles. on which so many of them feed,
wouth otherwise outbalance the harmony
Of nature, die and produce pestilence.
Wondrously and exquisitely constructed
for their habit, they are able to exist
where the higher animals could not, and
while they help to clear those inaccessible
places of the lesser vermin, they them
selves supply food for a number of smaller
mammalia, which, with many carnivor-
Gus birds, devour vast numbers of young
snakes. The hedgehog, weasel, ichneu-
mon, rat, peccary, hog, goat, and an I'M
mense number of birds keep snakes within
due limits, while the latter perform their
part among the grain devouring and
herbivorous creatures. Thus beautifully
is the balance of nature maintained
New Orleans Picayune.
, 1887-10-11

The country is learning to utilize waste.
Making buttons of blood is In this direc-
ton. There is a large factory in Bridge
port, near Chicago, employing about 100
men, boys and girls, in which waste ami
NAL blood is converted into buttons. TIL
same firm has another large factory else
where. A man named Hirsch was the
first to Introduce the business in this
country some years ago. He lost $16, 900
the first six months, but stuck to it, and
now he is immensely wealthy. There are
a number of similar factories in England.
From 5000 to 10000 gallons of blood are
used in the Bridgeport factory every day.
Nothing but fresh beef blood is used.
Considerable of the blood evaporates
during the process of drying, but what
remains is pure nlbumen. Some of it is
light in color and some dark, according to
the chemical treatment given it. These
thin sheets of dried blood are then broken
up, n are ready to be worked into vari-
Gus shapes and sizes. Large quantities OF
the blood sheets are used by cloth manu-
facturers for Setting the color in calico
goods. Not only are buttons made from
blood in his way, but tons of earrings,
breastpins, belt clasps, combs and trinkets
are made annually there from blood. 1t
is a queer, odoriferous business, but a
paying one.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
, 1887-10-11

The real estate agent met the man at
the depot, who had invested in the now
Dakota town by mail, and after a twenty
mile ride across the prairie, he said to
him:
ave are now exactly in the center of
Metropolis City"
WHAT yelled the speculator, II
don't see but three housesl''
.'Of counsel live in one, TIE news
paper is printed in another and the post
Office is in the other
'.And where are all the railroads l saw
on the map"
Coming, sir, all Of them coming. No
mistake about it, because [ am president
of leach company"
N'But are those lots | bought right here
10y the postofice?'
''Such questions make me tired. No,
sir, those lots by the p~ostoffice are for the
chamber of commerce. and all the others
around here are business lots. You
bought residence lots-they are beyond
the slough and over the hill, about a
mile from here. You don't want to live
right in the heart of a city, do you? By
the way, l keep a hotel as well as a real
estate oGice-do you want to stay with
me tonight, or will you lay out? If you
want to stop with me you'll have to pay
in ADVANCED don't like the looks of your
baggage. Dakota Bell.
, 1887-10-11

Ten years ago only n store in a
hundred had what is known as a tea
faster; now there is no tea house of any
importance whatever which has not in
one of its employees a good tea faster"
said a large wholesale tea dealer. IA
thousand chests of tea will be received;
the tea faster then gets in his work. A
little tea is taken and put in n scale; just
enough to balance n five cent piece. 1t
is then placed in cups and boiling water
is poured over the tea. The faster then
takes a sip from each cup and writes
down on a piece of paper his idea of its
worth.
mo two tasters. however, agree to the
value of tea, especially the black Oolong,
which is mostly drank in this city"
docs the tea have any injurious effect
on the taster?'
Sometimes he will get hold of a posi-
lively rank grade, and then he will spit
1t out as soon as he can. Frequent tast-
ing often makes a man very nervous,
and most of these men soon acquire a
positive dislike for tea and drink nothing
but coffee. There are connoisseurs of tea
as well as whisky. philadelphia News.
, 1887-10-11

Jessie Benton Fremont, famous for her
beauty when she made her runaway
match with the army lieutenant, in her
maturer womanhood is hardly less capti-
waiting or interesting than in her younger
period. Tall and with grace of move
ment, she reflects in face and form the
mellowed tints of that which, when q
belle, was in it glow. The contour of
face and head is queenly. In profile, the
forehead, nose and mouth are perfect in
Grecian mold. Her face, in p is
sweet, confiding and matronly. The
thick hair that covers her head is of the
purest white, but she still looks youthful,
nevertheless.
1--WE are roughing it here" she said
as she entered the parlor. Here we
find quiet, and the general much pleasure
in preparing the manuscript for the sec
ond volume of his book. BE has gone to
New York today to see his publishers"
l asked Mrs. Fremont if the general.
In view Of his advancing years, showed
any cause of breaking down.
mot a bit of it, was her CHEEKY an
swer. THE general is n years of age,
but he is yet a young man. l feel for
him sweltering this hot day in New
York. But in his work and purposes he
is as young as ever. In the preparation
of his book he dictates much Of it to me.
Lille, my daughter, is somewhat prof.
cient with the typewriter, SO that the
publishers get the manuscript in the best
of form"
1 then led the conversation up to her
father. At once Mrs. Fremont became
enthusiastic. Apparent was it that the
old time f~avorite 500 of Missouri was
her idol. II keep posted on politics
now" she said; ''but I do not take the
interest 1 once did. You see we are be-
tween the stages of politics. The ques-
tions at issue between the parties are not
as absorbing as they were when the ques-
ton of slavery was a constant agitation.
Now we have the tariff. 1 can recall
delegation after delegation calling on
father discussing the pros and ons of it.
l once said to him: Why do these men
talk Of the tariff? Why not something
else?' His answer was the tariff and
its adjustment would ever be an import
ant question. To me the talk of the
crops, so much repeated, often became a
bore. My father once said good crops
enable the kings to squeeze the people
oct of moro taxes, and bad crops pro-
voked revolution. Quite a way of illus
trating, - sho added, with a laugh.-Cor.
Boston Globe.
, 1887-10-11

The superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to the north
is believed by the French to have for its
foundation u scientific fact. They affirm
that each human system is in itself an
electric battery, the head being one Of
the electrodes, the feet the other. Their
proof was discovered from experiments
which the Academy of Sciences was al
lowed to make on the body of a man who
was g~uillotined. This was taken the in
slant it fell and placed upon a pivot free
to move as it might. The head part,
after a little ~vacillation, turned to the
north, and the body then remained sta
tionary. 1t was turned half way round
by n of the professors, and again the
head end of the trunk moved slowly to
the cardinal point due north, the same re-
suits being repeated until the final arres-
tation of organic movement.-New York
Star.
, 1887-10-11

The symptoms of biliousness are unhap-
PLY too well known. They differ in DIFF
ferent individuals to some extent. A bill
ious man is seldom a breakfast eater.
Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent
appetite for liquids but zone for solids of
a morning. His tongue will hardly bear
inspection at any time; if it is not white
and furred, it is rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly out of
order and Diarrhea or Constipation may
be a symptom or the two may alternate.
There are often Hemmorrhoids or even
loss of blood. There may be giddiness
and often headache and scidity or flatu-
lence and tenderness in the pit of the
stomach. To correct all this if not effect
a cure try GREEN'S August Flotoer, it costs
but a trile and thousands attest its efficacy.
, 1887-10-11

1t is proposed to construct a grand
avenu from the tomb of Washington to
the Federal capital, a work of interest to
every citizen of the republic. This enter
prise was first suggested by The National
Republican, from whose columns we ex-
tract the following: 1T is proposed that
the avenue shall be $50 feet wide-twenty-
five feet on each side for parking-and
that each state and territory shall have
apportioned to it 400 yards-or nearly a
quarter of a mile-where it will plant as
shade trees specimens of native growth,
erect a marble tablet with the name of
the state, its coat of arms, and in the case
of the original thirteen the names of the
signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, together with such ~statuary in
bronze or marble as the state shall chose
to erect. 1t is further proposed that the
original thirteen states shall nave choice
of the ground, commencing at the tomb
OF the great leader, who. both in peace
and war, isfanked as First in the hearts
of his countrymen," and that the other
states and territories ecure the next plats
in the order of their creation as states and
erection into territories Boston Herald.
, 1887-10-11

In case of premises or apartments where
there is diphtheria, the most convenient
method of fumigation is to drop a small
pinch of sulphur upon a hot stove, if there
is one in the room; IL there be no stove in
the room, n few Goals on a shovel or other
convenient utensil may be carried into the
room, and the sulphur dropped on the
coals-a little experience 500 enabling
any one to determine how much sulphur
to burn in each room. 1t is not neces-
sary to fill the room 50 full of these sui
phur fumes as TO cause suffocation, and,
If in n case a little too much 3ulphur is
used, causing offensive fumes, the doors
and windows a be opened for a minute
or two. Other disinfectants may of course
be employed, but these sulphur fumes are
found to permeate every crevice in the
house-the fact being that it is the most
practical and effectual method of disinfec-
ton against the spread of the disease that
can be adopted; is useful, indeed, in the
house infected n in all neighboring
houses.-Cor. American Medical Journal.
, 1887-10-11

A dangerous counterfeit of the silver
dollar is made of ground glass combined
with tin, lead and other metals. Ex-
perienced bank tellers say they cannot
easily detect this counterfeit. These
glass dollars are brittle. If held in the
palm of the hand and raped vigorously
with n knife handle, the dollar is easily
split. They have the metallic ring of a
genuine dollar, are the correct size, and
of nearly the exac weight.-Philadel,
phia Call.
, 1887-10-11

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper deal.
er, of CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, writes that he
was seriously afflicted with a severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit. Being induced
to try DIR. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, did so and was entirely cured
by use of a few bottles. Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results. This
is the experience of thousands who have
bee, saved by this wonderful discovery.
Trial bottles free at w. N. Hunts drug
store.
, 1887-10-11
An Important Element

OF the success of Hoods ~Sarsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent for his money. The faplil-
lar head line 100 Doses One Dollar"
stolen by ~imitators, is original with and
true only of Hoods S~arsaparilla. This
can easily be proven by any one who de
sires to test the matter. For Zeal economy,
buy. only Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists.
, 1887-10-11

An Albany matchmaker to whom a
watch that had been dropped overheard
On a fishing excursion was taken found
that some of the works were so badly
rusted that they were useless. ''If,"
said he, ''you had dropped your watch in
oil as soon as you took it out of the water,
or, better yet, have dropped it into alco-
hol or any kind Cd strong liquor, it would
have cost you nothing but the clean g."
New York Sun.
, 1887-10-11
Edwin Forrest a. washington.

One night, during the war, Forrest was
at Washington. The play was "Riche-
lieu" President Lincoln, accompanied
by Forney, Seward and several promi-
nent members of the administration, was
seated in q private box at the left of the
stage. In political opinions Forrest was
directly opposed to them. When the
grand apostrophe to the pen occurred
Mr.. Forrest rose, solemnly and deliber-
ately, facing the presidents box. With
pen held mnjestically aloft, his eyes flash
ing fire, tho tones of that wonderful voice
vibrating through the theatre, and speak
ing with unusual elaboration and empha-
sis, he gave such a rendering Of Bulwer's
lines as must have astonished the presi-
dent.
Beneath the rule OF men entirely great
The pen is mightler than the sword.
Take away the sword,
States can be saved without it.
He looked the whole party squarely in
the face, as much as to say: "And that's
my personal opinion, too" The shot hit
its mark. There ensued some whispered
remarks between Forney and Lincoln,
and n ~deprecatory shake of the head on
the part of the latter, accompanied by
dubious elevation of the eyebrows, as
much as to say: "Well l never heard
that passage read that way before. -
DR.. Kane in Baltimore American.
, 1887-10-11

Forty-five years ago there wasn't post
age stamp in the United States, but in the
last twelve months the people of this coun-
try nave individually and severally put
their tongues out 1908, 341, 900 times to
moisten the postage stamps for the billions
of letters and millions of newspapers, pc
riodicals and parcels that are carried and
delivered by the government.-New York
Sun.
, 1887-10-11

The late Marshal Pelissier once struck
his aide-de-camp in one of those fits of
uncomfortable rage for which he was
notorious. The officer took out his pis-
tol, pointed at Pelissier, and pressed the
trigger. 1t did not go off. ga fort
nights arrest" calmly said Pelissier.
THAT will teach you not to keep your
arms in such bad order. New York
Tribune.
, 1887-10-11

that Simmons Liver Regulator will rid
you of dyspepsia, purify your system,
enable you to sleep well, prevent malarial
diseases and give you a brisk and vigorous
feeling. 1t acts directly on the liver and
kidneys, cleansing, purifying, invigorat-
ing and fortifying the system against dis,
ease. 1t will break up chills and fever
and prevent their return-yet entirely free
from calomel or quinine.
, 1887-10-11

There is but n way to give: to share
as children of the same Father that por-
ton of the riches of the world and trust
it to one care. Nothing else is true CIV
ing; it is merely tossing a bone to a dog.
, 1887-10-11

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. IL
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-10-11
VIgorous old Knssuth.

Kossuth is So years old, but retains his
erect bearing, clear complexion and
vigorous mind. His sister, Mime. Rutt-
kay, who once lived in this country, is
, 1887-10-11

Sn~-o the Children. They are es-
SNOS pecially liable t. sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy a positive cure. II saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-10-11

The first book containing musical char
acters was issued in 1405 from the press
of the celebrated "Wynken de Worde."
, 1887-10-11

1t costs a railroad company 5000 more
to put up 1000 signs reading Look out
for the locomotive" than the same num-
Der reading danger" And the latter
are the most effective, too.
, 1887-10-11

Mahogany is so plentiful in Lower
California that it forms the cheapest
kind of fuel for domestic uses.
, 1887-10-11

The head of the sultan's harem is now
Christian woman-beautiful, cultivated
and a Spaniard.
, 1887-10-11

Sold everywhere. Price. Cuticura, soc Soap.
PC Resolyent, 81. Prepared BY the Potter
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81 pages, 90 illustrations. and 100 testimonials.
, 1887-10-11
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pTMples. black heads, chapped and oily skin
LII prevented by Cuticura Medlcated Soap.
, 1887-10-11

Wedding and visiting cards in great
at the Leader office,
, 1887-10-11

Letter heads, bill heads, and note head
! at the Leader office.
, 1887-10-11
Waterbury. Vt, Jan 10th, 1851.

Psoriasis, Eczema, letter, RIngworm. Llchen.
Pruritus, Scall Head, MIX Crust, Dandruf. Bar
bers', Bakers, Grocers' and W~asherwoman'S
Itch, aud every species OF Itching, Burning,
Scaly. Pimply Humors Of the Skin and Scalp
and Blood. with loss OF Hair, are positively
cured by Csticura, the great Skin Cure, and
Cuti ;ura Soap. an exquisite Skin Beautiier exI
ternally, and CuticHra Resolvent, the new BLOOD
Purifier internally, when physicians and all
other remedies fail.
, 1887-10-11
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Don't buy a Cloak or Suit till you see our
stock.
, 1887-10-11

UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
u Over half a Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery COMFY

Incorporated Ia 1865 for . years by the Leg
Lslature for Educational and Charitable pur-
poses-wlth a capital OF 81 600, OC0-to which a
reserve fund Of over $780, 900 has since been
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote It's fran
chise was made q part Of the present State Con-
%Stitution adopted December I'd. a. d. 1879.
TIE only Lottery eveT voted M and endorEed
By The people Of any State.
, 1887-10-11

a In one minute the Cutlcura Anti
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, 1887-10-11
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hemeuleS.
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, 1887-10-11

2.lT9 Prizes amounting 1886, 600
Application fol rates to clubs should be made
only TO the ONCE OF the Company In New Or
leans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address, Postal NoteF, Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by express (t our expense
addressed TO
NJ. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La,
Or NJ. A. DAUPHIN. Washington. DC.
, 1887-10-11

" We do hereby certify that zoe supervise he ar
arrangements for all NE MonkhtVdnd Semi
drawings OF the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pdny, and in person manage aud control the
DTfciOinOS Themselves, aud thai The sap e are con
Quoted tUiH, honesty, fairness, and tn good fam
foodrd all parties, and ace dtthortse the CO1n-
pdnV TO use his certificate, tcith JucsfDliLeS Of our
signatures attached IN its ndUsTtiseme nkS."
, 1887-10-11
4 neper Scales or Postpones.

Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Semi Annual Draw
regularly every SIX months, June and December
FORTUNE. Tenth Grand Drawing. Glass
H. in the ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW
209th Monthly Drawing
, 1887-10-11

Courtesy of Hyo. Archi,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-14
SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.

Ferguson defeated Ketrigan in pigeon
match at San Bruno on Sunday.
Several boats capsized on Lake Merritt
on Sunday, but no one was drowned.
The Pacific Coast Rowing Association
have decided to go to Stockton on the
Fourth of July.
Morris Hartman, of the firm of s. Hart
man & Co., jumped in the bay while suffer-
ing from insomnia.
Meetings at the spiritualist camp-meet-
ing in Oakland on Sunday were attended
by rlore than 1,000 people.
The yacht Pearl rescued d. B. Francis
from the keel of his whitehall boat. which
had capsized of Angel Island.
Mrs. Langtry is expected to live in Oak
| land while on this coast. Her agent is
selecting house for her there.
A Chinaman was run over in Oakland
on Sunday, and his friends would not let a
white surgeon attend him. He died.
The sloop yacht Jennie, with party OF
ladies on board, was thrown on her beam
ends by sudden puff of wind, off the sea-
wall on Sunday.
! The winu caused serious inconvenience
to shipping on Sunday. The ship Bonanza
dragged anchor and collided with barge
at Mission Rock.
The Earl of Aberdeen addressed large
audience of young men at Y. NJ. C. A
Hall on Sunday afternoon, General Howard
presiding and large concourse of repre-
sentative citizens, clergymen and others
| being present.
The Earl of Aberdeen was given an in
formal reception at the Palace Hotel yes
terday by number of the local residents
| L
struggle for self-government. 4 committee
of Irish residents presented him with an
address expressive of the feelings of regard
| for him